Lightroom is more contrast than the output. Adobe Lightroom - why photos come out dark when importing. Useful keyboard shortcuts

Go fill it out and I'll wait here. If you have previously filled out tax forms on other microstocks, then everything is done in exactly the same way.

Uploading our work

If you understand everything about preparing files, then in My account in the side menu we need Uploads > Upload Content

Next, you will be taken to the download page. If my memory serves me, then the bootloader needs Java installed on the computer to work. Although they may have already changed something. Anyway, if the bootloader is not active, then the hints on the page will tell you where to download Java and how to install it. Or write in the comments in the article. Orientation if anything.

You just throw in the field Add or drop files here own JPEG files of illustrations. You can click on the plus sign in the middle and select JPEG and on the computer in the folder. At the bottom of the screenshot you can see that there is an option to upload via FTP. Therefore, lovers of this method can use it.

But the surest and easiest way to upload your work to Dreamstime is to use a program that will do almost everything for you.

If you still decide to use the form on the site, then when adding illustrations, you fill in just JPEGs, as I already specified above. Further, when the picture is processed, then on the next tab unfinished files you can see the preview.

You need to press the button Commercial, or the system itself will throw you to the next step after processing the image. editorial chosen only by photographers for reportage shooting. Finally, we get here.

You see my example of filling metadata. The title, description and keywords are read from the JPEG if you have written them there in advance. There are three categories to choose from. And pay attention to the pip at the very bottom Additional format. This is very important for all vector people. This is where the vector EPS is loaded for your illustration. Otherwise, you are just uploading a raster image or photo.

Below there are such insidious ticks.

I have the first two. This means that the picture will be sold for web and print. The third checkbox allows you to sell the copyright to the image. The profit for such a deal is $250 - $5000 for you, or you can install something more fantastic (available in the fourth checkbox). But if the copyright is bought, then you cease to be the owner of the image. It will be necessary to remove it from everywhere and forget forever. Plus, you will have to delete all derivatives of this picture and the work where its elements were used. The fourth checkbox for setting the price for the sale of copyright works only together with the third one. And the bottom checkbox is checked if you are uploading an image for sale only on Dreamstime exclusively. It will no longer be possible to sell it on other stocks or anywhere else.

To the left of this panel, you'll find square gizmos for uploading releases to your work.

When you get tired of playing with checkboxes, categories, and other microstock gimmicks, press the button Submit and the picture will fly to the inspector for verification. You will be informed of its further fate by e-mail.

How to withdraw money

In fact, you are still far from this point. But if you've just uploaded your first picture to Dreamstime, checked it out, and immediately bought the copyright for $5,000, then it's really time to withdraw.

Here's a screenshot so you don't miss it. Request payment > Request this is the place where the money is withdrawn.

Money can be withdrawn when the amount of earnings exceeds $ 100. For Russia, it is most convenient to make a withdrawal to PayPal.

Welcome

If everything worked out for you, then you are now a microstocker. Welcome to the sect family! Referrals, as I said above, will receive additional support plus access to Upload at least 10 works for sale and email me. Access is available for three months. After this period, it can be extended to two years by registering for a microstock

My contact email:

As Native American elder Jimmy Jackson said: "Each of us must find what his gift is in order to be able to use it in his life. Everyone has his own song. This song is the reason for our existence. When we do what we came to this land, we know true happiness."

And if drawing is your gift, then microstocks are ready to give you a piece of happiness. Just paint. And may the force be with you.

UPD 11/21/2018
Categories for Dreamstime(special thanks to Egor for compiling the list.

📌 Abstract (Abstraction). This is the most appropriate category for works depicting something non-specific. Fractals, blurry outlines, macro images - this is it.
Backgrounds (backgrounds, background plans), blurs, (foggy) colors (color), competition (competition, competition, competition), craftsmanship (skill), danger (danger), exploration (research), fun (fun), help (help), love (love) , luxury (luxury), mobile (mobile, mobile), peace (peace), planetarium (planetarium), power (strength, power), purity (purity), religion (religion), seasonal and holiday (seasonal and weekend), security (security), spots (sports), stress (tension, stress), success (success), teamwork (collaboration), textures (textures), unique (unique).

📌 Animals/Wildlife (Animals/Wildlife). This category is for animals (domestic and wild), insects, fish, etc. If it breathes and it's not a person, everyone is here.
Birds (birds), farm (farm), insects (insects), mammals (mammals), marine life (sea life), pets (domestic), reptiles and amphibians (reptiles and amphibians), rodents (rodents), wildlife (wildlife ).

📌 The Arts. Category for works depicting objects of art, or tools for creating objects of art, or people involved in creativity. It is not worth adding your work here if it is "artistic" in itself. Think carefully before choosing this category.
Details (details), generic architecture (general architecture), historic buildings (historical buildings), home (house), indoor (room), landmarks (landmarks), modern buildings (modern building), night scenes (night scenes), outdoor ( outdoors), ruins and ancient (destroyed and ancient / ancient), work places (jobs).

📌 Business/Finance (Business/Finance). This category includes images of business people, images of offices, images from any financial industry, images of money and things that are close to money, such as calculators, money counters, etc.
Communications (message / communication), computers (computers), finance (finance), industries (industry), metaphors (metaphors), objects (objects), people (people), still-life (still life), teams (team / team) , transportation (transport / transportation), travel (travel).

📌 Editorial. These photos may not be used for commercial purposes. For example, if there is a large crowd of people in the photo, it is impossible to sign a release for everyone. Also, these are photographs of buildings that are protected by copyright; cars whose design is also protected, and any other photographs of objects with a logo or protected by property rights.
Celebrities (celebrities), commercial (commerce), events (event / incident), landmarks (attractions), people (people), politics (political), sports (sports), weather & environment (weather & environment).

📌 Holidays (holidays). Red calendar days: New Year, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras**, Easter, Jewish Passover, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukkah. Foods and drinks associated with the holidays can also be added here. Vacation and everything connected with it is not included in the category "Holidays".
Christmas (Christmas), Easter (Easter), Father's Day (Fathers' Day), Halloween (Halloween), Mother's Day (Mother's Day), New Years ( New Year), Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving), Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day / Valentine's Day).

📌 illustrations. Images created with graphic programs (such as Adobe Illustrator). They have the properties of infinite magnification without loss of quality. If you don't know what a "vector illustration" is, then you shouldn't use this category.
3D & computer generated (3D & computer graphics), hand drawnd & artistic (manual & artistic), illustrations (illustrations), vector (vector).

📌 Industrial (Industrial). Industry, construction, metallurgy, production facilities, electricity, fittings, working people and everything else related to the topic of the industry, add here
Agriculture ( Agriculture), architecture (architecture), banking (banking), cargo and shipping (cargo and delivery), communications (messages / communications), computers (computers), construction (construction / construction), education (education), entertainment (entertainment / representation), environment (environment), food and beverages (food and drinks), health cart / medical (medical transport / medicine), insurance (insurance), legal (legal / legal), manufacturing (production), military (military) , oil and gas (oil and gas), power and energy (power and energy), sports (sports), transportation (transport / transportation), travel (travel).

📌 IT&C. Computer technology and everything connected with it.
Connectivity (communication), equipment (equipment), internet (Internet), networking (networking).

📌 Nature (Nature). This category is for all images from the "outdoors" theme: sunsets, clouds, seas and oceans, flowers, gardens, and the rest of nature.
Clouds ant skies (clouds and sky), deserts (deserts), details (details), fields and meadows (fields and meadows), food ingredients (food ingredients), forests (forests), fruits and vegetables (fruits and vegetables), flowers and gardens (flowers and gardens), generic vegetation (general vegetation), geologic and mineral (geological and mineral), lakes and rivers (lakes and rivers), landscapes (landscapes / landscapes), mountains (mountains), plants and trees (vegetation and trees), sea and ocean (sea and ocean), seasons specific (seasonal features), sunsets and sunrises (sunsets and sunrises), tropical (tropical), water (water), waterfalls (waterfalls).

📌 No match (Other). Anything that doesn't fit into the other categories.

📌 Objects (Item). Category for isolated objects (no background). These images sell very well. The brighter, cleaner and better composed your image, the more likely it is to be bought.
Clothing and accessories (clothing and accessories), electronics (electronics), home related (home stuff), isolated (isolated), music and sound (music and sound), other (other), retro (retro), sports (sports), still life (still life), tools (tools / tool), toys (toys).

📌 People (People). We add people or body parts to this category. Groups of people are here too. If you are adding a photo of a child, DO NOT USE THE KEYWORDS "NUDE" and "NAKED". Do not use the words "teenager", "naked" or "sexy" in keywords and a description of one image. The first two times you will simply be warned for violating this rule, the third time you will be denied access to the site, your portfolio will be deleted, and the money you earn will be confiscated.
Active (active), body parts (body parts), children (children), cosmetic and makeup (cosmetics and makeup), couples (couples), diversity (diversity), expressions (expression), families (family), men (men) , nudes (nudes), portraits (portraits), seniors (senior), teens (age), women (woman), workers (workers).

📌 Technology (Technology). All images of office equipment, including computers, phones, laptops, microchips and other technologies.
Computers (computers), connections (communication), electronics (electronics), other (other), retro (retro), telecommunication (telecommunication / long-distance communication).

📌 Travel. Everything related to travel is here.
Africa (Africa), America (America), Antarctica (Antarctica), art and architecture (art and architecture), Asia (Asia), Australasian (Australia), cruise (cruise), cuisine (kitchen), currencies (currency), destination scenic (scenic places), Europe (Europe), flags (flags), resorts (resorts), tropical (tropics).

📌 Wed Design Graphics (Web design graphics). It's all about graphic web design.
Banners (banners), buttons (buttons), wed backgrounds & textures (web backgrounds & textures), wed icons (web icons).

Roman aka dacascas especially for the blog

You email address- Your email address. For photobanks, it is desirable to use email addresses from foreign domains, for example, gmail.com, yahoo.com. There used to be problems with addresses in the .ru domain zone (@mail.ru, @yandex.ru). If you don't receive an email with an activation link, check your spam filter.
username- the desired login (a unique name for entering the site).
Password– password (at least 8 characters).
Got a promo/referral code- do not press.

Click on the button:

(Further, the continuation of registration may differ slightly from reality)
Enter the code displayed below: enter the code below (four digits).
I agree to receive site announcements- leave the checkbox if you want to receive news from the photo bank.
Set Dreamtime as my homepage- install home page your browser, it is better not to check the box.
I agree with the terms and conditions- check the box that you agree with the terms and conditions of the photo bank.

In order to upload images, you must fill in information about yourself. For this go to management area -> Edit profile: and fill in all the information:

first name- your name .
last name- surname .
website– your website (optional) .
company company (optional).

Further, it is important to accurately indicate the data if you plan to receive money by personal check.
city- city.
address– postal address: street, house, apartment.
Country– country (select from the list).
State- state or region (if applicable).
Zip code- postcode.
phone- phone number.
Referral/promotional bonus code- skip.
How did you find us- how did you hear about us (you can skip or specify the address of this site: site).

Optional info (share more about yourself)– additional information (for photographers).
your photo- you can upload your photo (optional).
Bio/Artistic statement- Briefly about yourself (optional).
Equipment– your equipment (select from the list).
equipment details- you can specify the model of your camera.
Favorite subjects What do you like to photograph.

Registration in the photo bank common for photographers and buyers. When the selection page appears tariff plan don't be scared, just ignore! If you are a buyer, you can select the desired item. In any case, whatever you choose, you will have the opportunity to sell and buy images.

When you start uploading photos, you may be asked to verify your email address. To do this, you need to enter the code sent to the e-mail (of this type -) in the appropriate field or click on the link in the letter.

Registration completed.

Or as they say micro stockers, Dreams is one of those photobanks where a beginner microstocker needs to register first. This microstock will allow you to get the initial experience necessary for successful work on microstocks. The first step on the Dreamstime photobank will be registration. So, let's look at the registration process on Dreams.
Registration on Dreamtime pretty clear and simple. Initially, we go to the Dreamstime website. Banner with a link to Dreams hangs on the right side of the page. Next, click on the green “Sign for free” button (under the login and password entry form).

On the next page, you need to fill out the registration form. We drive all the data into English language, in Latin. Do not forget about this important nuance!

On this Dreamstime registration form, you will need to complete the following fields:
Desired login - here you need to enter your username or nickname, which you will specify when entering your dreamtime account. The field next to it Check username (I marked it with a red arrow). By clicking on this field, you can check the uniqueness of your chosen login on the Dreamstime microstock. If the selected login is busy, you will receive a message about it, as well as a list of free logins similar to the one you have chosen. You can opt for one of the suggested logins or try to check if another login is available.
Password - here you need to specify your password, which will be used to log into your account on the Dreamstime photo bank.
E-mail address - your e-mail. Use a real email address as a confirmation email will be sent to it.
Enter the code displayed below - this is a captcha or, in other words, an anti-spam code, which is displayed in the figure immediately below this field. You need to drive these numbers in the field above the figure. Make no mistake.

After these fields, there are a number of Dreamstime photobank options with checkboxes. Check them off to:

- set page Dreamstime microstock your home page.

— agree to the terms of work of the Dreamstime photo bank. This field must be checked.

If you click on the line More account info, located just below the checkboxes, then on the same page you will have a continuation to fill out, as in the screenshot below:

Here you can enter your personal data on Dreams for your profile. Everything must be filled in English (in Latin letters):

• first name- here you indicate your name, without patronymic.
• Lats name- Enter your last name here.
• Website is an optional field. Here you can specify your website or blog if you have one. If not, then just leave the field blank.
• company is an optional field. You can enter the name of the company you work for.
• city- indicate the city in which you live.
• address— in this field write your address. Address format: street, house, apartment.
• Country- Select the country where you live. A drop-down list is provided for you to choose from.
• State— an optional field for specifying the region, state, province. You can simply write your city again, or enter the region here.
• Zip code- postcode.
• phone- here enter your phone number in international format (with a plus sign).
• Referral/promotional bonus code is an optional field.
• How did you find us?- In this field, you can specify the source of information. Literal translation: "How did you find us?" Here you can link to my blog.

By clicking on the inscriptions optional info(share more about yourself) You can add a little more to your Dreamstime microstock profile additional information about your loved one. You will be prompted to fill in the following fields (optional):

• your photo- here you can select and upload to Dreamstime microstock site Your photo, which will be displayed in your account in the future. You can use it to uniqueize your Dreams account. In general, this is also an optional field.
• Bio / Artistic Statement - here you can, if you wish, provide information about your biography, as well as information about your artistic preferences.
• equipment - here you can select the type of equipment you are working on. You can choose from 3 options 'digital', 'film', 'both' ('digit', 'film', 'both'). If you illustrator then select the 'digital' option. The field is optional.
• equipment details- in this field you can tell in detail about the equipment you use for work. You can list in detail the manufacturers and models of the equipment you use. The field is optional
• Favorite subjects- your preferred areas of work. For example, portrait, landscape, illustration.

After filling in all the fields offered to you by Dreams, you must then click the button Submit - and you are registered. A little later, you should receive a registration letter from the Dreamstime microstock with congratulations and confirmation of registration.

And it's all! You can start earning on the photo bank Dreamtime.

By the way, if you do not click on the inscription More account info when passing registration on the Dreamstime photobank and do not fill in this bunch of fields, then nothing terrible will happen. You will be registered, just possibly later, for example when ordering Payouts with Dreamstime You will still be asked to provide this information.

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Very often on forums such headings appear.

The problem is that it does not know how to display colors correctly. In the first seconds after adding Lightroom photos displays preview embedded in RAW. After that, the program displays a picture generated using the available profiles.

For cameras, adobe creates profiles itself, that is, in fact, it interprets RAW in its own way. It's not bad or good, it's just the way it is. It is for this reason that you first see more correct colors, and then “wrong” ones.

This same problem is specific to Adobe Camera RAW as it uses the same engine as Lightroom. What to do with it?

How to get the right colors in Lightroom

There is a small disclaimer here. The fact is that the concept of correct color reproduction is a very multifaceted issue. Firstly, everyone has their own understanding of the correct color reproduction, or rather what it should be. Secondly, color rendition includes a lot of factors, from shooting to processing.

In the third version

Apply camera profile

Using the native converter

This option should be used when you need 100% correct colors. Here is an example of two photos from Lightroom 3 and Capture NX 2. They have not been processed, just exported from RAW.

P.S.

As a rule, Lightroom is used to process reportage photographs and for photographs where color correction will be so strong that color reproduction errors can be neglected. For processing in which the color rendering is one of critical factors- it is better to use native RAW converters or Capture one, which supports ICC profiles.

If you use Photoshop to edit photos, then you probably know that the same task can be solved with different tools. The possibilities of Photoshop are so great that to achieve the same result, photographers can go different ways and it's hard to say which way is "correct".

Lightroom is often referred to as the "alternative photoshop". Just like Photoshop, in Lightroom you can use different tools to achieve the same goal. Far from always obvious and conspicuous way is the best.

The purpose of this article is to tell a few Secrets of Lightroom and introduce you to alternative, but very convenient ways to solve typical photo processing tasks.

1. Use Luminance instead of Saturation

It often seems that on a clear day it is very easy to take a beautiful picture with a bright blue sky. But if you shoot objects that are on the ground, especially in the shadows, then the frame may turn out with an overexposed or dull sky.

When processing a photo in lightroom, you usually immediately want to increase the saturation of the sky with Saturation, but this is not always the best solution.

The Saturation slider increases the saturation of all colors at the same time, which can get in the way if the goal is only to increase the saturation of the color of the sky. Using this slider, you can get other difficulties, because the saturation will increase where it is not required, for example, on the skin of the model.

An alternative option is to use the "HSL / Color / B&W" panel.

In this panel you will see Hue, Saturation and Luminance tabs. In the Saturation tab, you can increase the saturation of only individual colors that are associated with the sky, without affecting other colors.

But then again, using Saturation may not give the best result, the colors will become exaggeratedly cartoony if you overdo it.

A good alternative would be the Luminance tabulator. You will operate not with saturation, but with the brightness of the color. Use the blue slider on the Luminance tab and you'll get a nice deep color for the sky without affecting the other colors.

You can read more about using Luminance in the article -

2. Combine Adjustment Brushes

The Adjustment Brush is a great tool for changing only certain parts of a photo. One of the biggest advantages of the brush is that, unlike Photoshop, it does not directly affect the image. You can change the change options in the brush area at any time if you don't like something or just delete it.

Even if several brushes were used, combining the parameters to achieve the best result. For example, to blur a specific area, you can set the brush to Sharphess at -100. And since this setting does not give a very strong blur, apply the “blurring” brush to the same area several times, achieving the desired effect.

To enhance the effect of the brush, after you have worked with it, click on the New button. This will create a duplicate brush with the same settings and you can use it on top of the first one. Repeat the action as many times as needed.

Keep in mind that these will still be separate brushes. You can select one of them again at any time and change the settings, for example, by decreasing the Sharphess value.

Each brush in the picture looks like a circle. If you hover over it, you will see the area of ​​effect of the brush. To select the desired one, click on it and a black dot will appear in the center of the circle. Now you can change the settings of the selected brush.

3. Quick skin retouching on a portrait

There are a lot of factors that affect how the skin comes out in a photo. For example, the skin may turn out too red and not very smooth.

In order to fix this, you can use several tricks. You can use together or separately. The main thing is not to overdo it. Best the enemy of the good.

First you need to change the brightness (brightness). Especially if the skin is reddish or too dark. Raise the brightness slightly, this will make the skin tone look more natural. An added bonus is that as the brightness increases, wrinkles and pores on the skin will not be as noticeable.

Then it is worth remembering the Luminance tabulator again. Try increasing the Luminance value for the reds and oranges. This will make the skin lighter and give it a healthier tone.

In order to make this action even easier, there is a little secret.
Note that there is a small circle to the left of Luminance's name. Click on it, then move the cursor to the area you want to change. Lightroom will automatically track the colors that are under the cursor.
To change, just move the cursor up or down while holding down the left mouse button.

This secret works in all three tabs Hue, Saturation and Luminance

Also, Lightroom has a great tool that is ideal for retouching a portrait - the Soften Skin brush. If you "paint" on the face of the model with this brush, then the sharpness will be locally reduced due to the Clarity and Sharpness parameters.

You can set other options if you decide that the suggested defaults are not suitable for this case.

Finally, there is another way to tidy up your skin. Go to the Noise Reduction tab, which is responsible for noise reduction.
Noise reduction also leads to some blurring, which can positively affect the portrait.

But be careful. Noise reduction acts on the whole image as a whole, and not on its individual parts. Therefore, you can spoil the image as a whole.

4. Changing the grid when cropping

Cropping a photo in Lightroom has hidden options to tweak the composition. Initially, the grid divides the frame into 9 parts according to the rule of thirds. But Lightroom has 6 grid options that you can use when cropping.

To see another option, just press the "O" key (Latin keyboard layout). When you press the Shift-O combination, the grid will be mirrored.

You can also see all possible grids by selecting Tools > Crop Guide Overlay from the menu.

5. Double toning for a retro photo effect

Double toning (Split-toning) is a very popular way to create various effects. Especially for creating antique or film effects. Similar effects are very actively used by Instagramm and many online editors, which provide the opportunity to get this or that effect “by pressing 1 button”

If you have previously used presets to create retro effects, but pay attention to what settings are set for the Split Toning tab. You will surely notice that they have the same structure, especially if you look at the Hue values ​​​​for shadows and lights (highlights, shadows).

In the highlights, the slider is moved to the left of the center, in the shadows to the right. Such a situation will almost always give a rather interesting effect.

Try setting Hue to the same position and then play around with the Saturation and Balance settings. But the result of changing these settings will greatly depend on your picture, more precisely on what is in it and what colors are priority.

Therefore, double toning is a very creative tool and it is difficult to give any ready-made recipes here.

If you are too lazy to do double toning on your own, creating antique effects, you can either use a wonderful plugin

6. Reducing Preset Strength in Lightroom

One way or another, we all use presets for Lightroom. It's nice to get something special with just the click of a button. But very often, applying a preset gives too strong an effect. For example, colors can become exaggeratedly bright, which is not always good.

In such cases, you want to slightly weaken the power of the preset, but Lightroom does not have a regular tool for this action.

More precisely, there are ways, but they are inconvenient. You can manually track the bookmarks, which parameters are changed and reduce the strength of each of them.
The second way is to use Photoshop. Take the original image, make a layer on top of it with the preset and change the transparency of this layer, achieving the desired degree of impact.

But there is a third way. Jarno Heikkinen has made a custom plugin for Lightroom that can be safely downloaded from his Knobroom.com website. The plugin is called "The Fader" and does exactly what we need - reduces the strength of the effect of the preset.

After you download and install the plugin, open the photo and go to File > Plug-In Extras > The Fader
A window will appear where you can select a preset and the strength of its effect on the picture.

7. Photo Information

While in the Develop module, press I on the keyboard and information about the image will appear in the upper left corner of the image. If you press I again, the information will change.

This can be very useful if you want to quickly look up source information or basic Exif data.

In addition, you can customize the information that you want to see in this mode through the menu View > View Options
And then in the Library View Options dialog that appears, open the Loupe View tab and select the data that you need most often.

8. "Lights off"

This is a well-known but rarely used Lightroom tool, which is nevertheless very useful.

When you want to focus on a specific area, use the Lights Out feature. For example, if you select certain pictures from a series. Lights Out will darken all other pictures except the selected ones.

If we press L again, the background, except for our selected thumbnails, will turn completely black.

This mode is also available in the Develop module. It can be useful to evaluate the image more accurately, without being distracted by interface details and other interfering elements.

9. Solo mode

There is another very interesting Lighroom mode called Solo.

While Lightroom's overall interface is very user-friendly and thoughtful, with so many settings and tools, it can be difficult to quickly find what you need. You can spend a lot of time scrolling through panels and constantly opening and closing them.

Especially for this, the developers of Lightroom introduced the Solo mode or the "single tab" mode. It works very simply - every time you open a toolbar, all others are automatically minimized. This greatly increases the speed of the program.

You do not believe? Just try. We are sure that soon you will not be able to imagine life without this mode.

To enable the mode, right-click on the title of any panel and activate the Solo Mode item in the menu that appears

10. Useful keyboard shortcuts

Finally, in addition to the article about , some useful keyboard shortcuts.

• Automatic transition when Caps Lock. If you press CapsLock, then when you assign a color marker, flag or rating to a picture, you will automatically go to the next picture. This is extremely convenient for the initial selection of images.
• Library Views. Pressing G will show thumbnails in grid mode. E - Enlarges the selected photo. C - compare mode, and D - switch to the Develop module for the selected image.
• Quick hide panels. The F5-F9 keys quickly open and hide the main 4 panels of the Ligthroom interface - top, bottom, right and left.
• Alternate Mode. Pressing the Alt key will put some tools into alternate mode. See the article "" for more details.
• Reset sliders. Double clicking on any slider will reset its value to its default value. Or when you press Alt, you will see a pseudo Reset button - clicking on which will do the same.
• Horizontal or vertical alignment. In cropping mode, press the Ctrl key and without releasing it, draw a line with the mouse, which must be strictly horizontal or vertical. Lightroom will automatically rotate the photo accordingly. This is incredibly handy, for example, for leveling the horizon.
• Hide all panels. Ctrl + click on the title of any panel in Develop mode will collapse all panels.
• See all keyboard shortcuts. Press Ctrl + / and you will see a box with all the available shortcuts for the selected Lightroom module

Original article: tutsplus.com © Josh Johnson